chili pepper

Example Sentences

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I add cinnamon and sometimes a little chili pepper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Scoville, a popular chili pepper reviewer who has been described as the Elvis Presley of chiliheads, described his pursuit of spice as an addiction.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2025

The Guinness World Records has crowned Pepper X as the hottest chili pepper in the world, dethroning the Carolina Reaper chili pepper after 10 years.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2023

We loved how its sweet acidity brightened a Persian seafood stew called galieh mahi, which often comes loaded with handfuls of cilantro, onion, fenugreek, turmeric, chili pepper and more.

From Washington Times • Jul. 21, 2023

Different varieties of the same species replace each other among the kidney beans, lima beans, the chili pepper Capsicum annuum / chinense, and the squash Cucurbita pepo.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond